See also: Network | System | Operator | BOFH | SysAdmin
Long form: System Operator (concatenation of system and operator)
Similar to a SysAdmin. Often, an Admin is considered more powerful than an Operator, and therefore the higher in a hierarchy.
On iA (and many other MediaWiki-powered sites), an advanced moderator status. They have the power to ban harmful visitors and make some pages on TD123 read-only.
TakeDown.NET -> “Sysop”